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How to make a Windows 10 or 11 image backup

Computerworld Vertical IT

When things go wrong with Windows, as they sometimes will, nothing ensures a faster or easier return to normal than restoring a recent image backup. That means that I’ll never lose more than a day’s work if something should go badly enough wrong to force that day’s image backup to be restored. What is an image backup, anyway?

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Celebrate World Backup Day by checking your backup storage and strategy

TechSpot

The tech community thrives on the difference of opinion, where some passionate individuals usually bring out the pitchforks, keenly typing away their responses in debates around pros and cons of a particular operating system, CPU/GPU brand, or any other piece of computer hardware/software and associated IT practices.

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WhatsApp is adding encrypted backups

The Verge

WhatsApp will let its more than 2 billion users fully encrypt the backups of their messages, the Facebook-owned app announced Friday. WhatsApp users who opt into encrypted backups will be asked to save a 64-digit encryption key or create a password that is tied to the key. Image: WhatsApp. We expect to get criticized by some for this”.

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PowerShell Backup Bitlocker Recovery Password One-Liner

Mick's IT Blog

While writing the solution for a secure and safe deployment of BIOS updates, I had to come up with a one-liner to backup the Bitlocker recovery password to a file named.txt in a secured UNC path. and 10 operating systems. This can be used deployed through SCCM to machines to backup their recovery keys. trim() -ne '' }).Trim()

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ShakeAlert earthquake early warning system goes live in Washington state — here’s how it works

GeekWire

A trench brings cables to the newly installed solar panels, on the right, that power the system, and an aluminum box containing electronics that digitize and transmit the seismic data. How it works: The alert system, operated by the U.S Android phone users will get an alert built into the phone’s operating system.

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Dear IT Operations: It’s Time To Get Serious About Security

Forrester IT

On Friday, May 12, 2017, evil forces launched a ransomware pandemic, like a defibrillator blasting security into the heart of IT operations. What protected some systems? It wasn't an esoteric fancy-pants security tool that made some organizations safe; it was simple e-hygiene: Keep your operating systems current.

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Using Secure Configurations | Standardize Your Security

Linux Academy

This included installing operating system updates, NTP servers, DNS servers, static IPs, audit log options, anti-virus, etc. Ansible can help automate the backup, and you can learn more in this month’s how-to video that covers using Ansible to back up a Cisco ASA firewall. Standardized Templates and Images.